multinodular goiter

goiter

[goi´ter]

enlargement of the thyroid gland, causing a swelling in the front part of the neck; called also struma. adj., adj goit´rous. If there is evidence of pressure against the throat, or the possibility of a malignancy, the goiter may be removed surgically. Simple endemic goiter is usually caused by lack of iodine in the diet. In graves' disease, goiter is accompanied by excessive thyroid hormones in the blood and symptoms of hyperthyroidism.

aberrant goiter goiter of a supernumerary thyroid gland.

adenomatous goiter that caused by adenoma or multiple colloid nodules of the thyroid gland.

Basedow goiter a colloid goiter that has become hyperfunctioning after administration of iodine.

colloid goiter one that is large and soft and has distended spaces filled with colloid.

cystic goiter one with cysts formed by mucoid or colloid degeneration.

endemic goiter goiter occurring widely in a geographic region where the food or water is deficient in iodine. Treatment consists of iodine replacement; although this will not cure the condition, it can stop it from enlarging, and iodine administered in advance will prevent development of goiter.

We performed a retrospective study of 223 patients--47 males and 176 females, aged 15 to 90 years (mean: 53), most of whom were Asian--with a multinodular goiter who had undergone a thyroidectomy over a period of more than 10 years in our Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

That possibility is especially provocative, bullock says, because the human disease that feline hyperthyroidism most resembles -- the relatively rare toxic multinodular goiter -- is initiated by the development of antibodies that mimic the activity of the hormone that controls thyroid activity.

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